[meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles &correspondence

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 6:24:27 -0500
Message-ID: <20110504072427.CKI1K.324968.imail_at_eastrmwml33>

Arnaud asked

?I'd like to give access on my website to transcripts
of my newspaper articles and original correspondence
related to meteorites (and minerals & fossils...):

http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_newspapers.html
http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_manuscripts.html

However I haven't done it until now because I don't
know the laws regarding copyrights.?

Wikipedia, for obvious reasons, has an extensive and
useful discussion of copyright laws. they include,

?Copyright? at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Copyright_by_country

?List of countries' copyright length?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length

?Fair use?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

?Public Domain?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

Despite the known cavets and limitations about Wikipedia,
I have found these pages useful as a starting point in
finding information about the various aspects of copyright.

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Wed 04 May 2011 07:24:27 AM PDT